Ex-army captain fails in bid to jump up council pay scale

A former Defence Forces captain has failed in a claim against Donegal County Council at the Workplace Relations Commission regarding his starting salary. Daniel McChrystal, who held the rank of captain, took a position as an economic development officer with the council in 2023 and argued he should have progressed up the pay scale based on a decade of military service. He contended his new role was of comparable…